“Dan’s big right hand is always a big challenge. [He’s] somebody that could be able to close that gap and find a hole and try to get to Jon’s chin. That’s probably the dilemma with him, but he’s small. I don’t think he can outwrestle Jon. I think Jon beats him everywhere. I don’t think...

“I feel like I’m better than all the guys in my division. I don’t see where any of them are better than me. He’s definitely a guy that likes to fight and come forward. I think I’m better than him everywhere. On the feet, he better knock me out, if not, he’s gonna be in...

“There’s no easy fight anymore. Everybody knows a little bit of everything: Jiu-Jitsu, Wrestling, Boxing, and Muay Thai. It’s a different time we’re living in. Nelson knocked Cro Cop out, he has a very strong right hand, sharp Boxing, but I’ll impose my rhythm and play by my game plan until I tire him out....

“Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. That’s what I’ve always done. If it goes three, if it goes five rounds, if it goes 10 rounds, I mean, I’ll be ready for sure. I always look to finish fights as fast as I can, just being prepared as I can. But I can...

Before I met BJ Penn, I had been a part of a performance troupe called The West Coast Demo Team. The team leader, my instructor as well, was Master Ernie Reyes, Sr. of San Jose, California. When I first took BJ to California (the first time, I believe, BJ had ever been on the mainland...

“The way I see it, Chad Mendes is a great athlete, a very mature kid, but honestly I don’t believe he’s ready to fight Jose Aldo. I think it’s too soon, he needed to fight few more times, but well… I’m not the one to decide that, it’s just my opinion on the subject. Jose...

Fans headed to Vegas this week for UFC 141 will get the chance to get in on the official UFC 141 autograph session prior to this week’s weigh-in ceremony on Thursday. Featuring UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz, former light-heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin and Ultimate Fighter winner Roy Nelson, the UFC 141 pre-fight autograph event is...

HDNet and Japanese MMA Promotion DREAM have come to terms and are set to broadcast the annual DREAM Year End show live to North American HDNet subscribers. “DREAM: Fight for Japan. How are you! New Year 2011.” is set to take place on Dec. 31 from the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. In the...

“I’m done with the guy. He and I have no business. He’s cold product. He’s like jheri curls and Pepsi Clear. He’s yesterday’s news. I destroyed this guy back when he was tough. That was years ago. He’s so far over the hill and so far past his prime that it’s not worth talking about....

In 2006 timekeepers dropped the ball and stopped the clock six-seconds slow when Duane Ludwig knocked out Jonathan Goulet. In what should have been recorded as a four-second knockout, Nevada officials officially recorded the bout ending at the ten-second mark. Currently the official fastest knockout in UFC history is tied down at just seven-seconds, however...

“Was pretty surreal [at Team Deathclutch]. Best training, and best group of guys I’ve ever trained with…being able to work with Pat Barry and Cole Conrad 1 on 1 was unreal. Working MMA with Brock and 5 other legit UFC level HW’s every day is something I don’t get up in Edmonton… I’m not gonna...

As we reported before the holidays, Strikeforce heavyweight fighter, Chad Griggs has been signed over to the UFC. He now has a debut opponent and it is a very tall order for any fighter. The undefeated Travis Browne has agreed to welcome Chad Griggs in a UFC heavyweight matchup scheduled for UFC 145 in March....

Whether it’s Christmas or something else that you celebrate this season with your friends and family, the staff here at BJPENN.COM would like to wish everyone a happy holiday this year. 2011 has been a great year for our website and we are blessed to have the support of all our readers, members and fans....

The sport of Mixed Martial Arts is well on its way to mainstream acceptance. With that kind of notoriety comes a culture, a culture influenced by the sport, its athletes and all the personalities that support it. With so many random items kicking off here and there throughout each week, I find that now there...

Our latest polling here at BJPENN.COM asked readers if you thought the UFC should sign Strikeforce lightweight champion, Gilbert Melendez following his successful title defense over Jorge Masvidal last weekend. After tallying the totals it appears that the majority of MMA fans do indeed think that Gilbert belongs in the UFC contender picture. With 2,113...

“I’m done with the guy. He and I have no business. He’s cold product. He’s like jheri curls and Pepsi Clear. He’s yesterday’s news. I destroyed this guy back when he was tough. That was years ago. He’s so far over the hill and so far past his prime that it’s not worth talking about....

Nick Diaz voiced in past post-fight press conferences that people don’t give him enough respect. All too fittingly, Vegas odds makers and online sports books donned Diaz as the underdog for his upcoming fight. Condit came in as a -125 favorite to Diaz’s -105 underdog bet. Although bookies have altered the score since the original...

Two welterweight bouts have been added to February’s UFC 143 card as announced by the UFC this morning. Justin Edwards versus Mike Stumpf and Matt Brown vs. Chris Cope are the latest editions to the evening’s card. UFC 143 is set to take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Super...

A bitter rivalry finally comes to the Octagon as Diego Nunes faces Manny Gamburyan at UFC® 141. Nunes comes prepared: he has a powerful training ally in Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo. Will “The Gun” have enough ammo to annihilate the “The Anvil”? Nunes promises no less than a knockout. Facebook streams start at 7:15PM/4:15PM ET/PT...

“Honestly I feel comfortable on my feet and I don’t feel threatened in any area by this guy (Overeem) at all. There hasn’t been anybody in the UFC that I haven’t been able to take down. The issue is we just have to be able to keep them there.” During the UFC 141 media rounds,...

”… I go over and introduce myself and go, ‘What’s up Nate? I’m ‘Cowboy,’ He fu**in’ slapped my hand away and called me a punk-ass motherfu**er and told me to ‘get on.’ I was like, ‘Sh*t, alright.’ I don’t know what to say to the dude. I don’t know what his point… I guess he...

And that’s because Chael Sonnen won’t be getting his title shot against Anderson Silva after Mark is done with him. That is of course, according to Munoz… “They don’t need to have security around (Sonnen) because he ain’t going to Brazil. I kind of feel disrespected a little bit, but you know what? It is...

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